出埃及记 10
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
蝗災
10 耶和華對摩西說：“你要到法老那裡去，因為我已經使他的心和他臣僕的心剛硬，為要在他們中間顯出我這些神蹟； 2 並且要你把愚弄埃及人的事，和我在他們中間顯出的神蹟，都講給你的子孫聽；使你們知道我是耶和華。” 3 摩西和亞倫就到法老那裡去，對他說：“耶和華希伯來人的 神這樣說：‘你拒絕在我面前謙卑要到幾時呢？讓我的人民離開吧，使他們可以事奉我。 4 如果你拒絕讓我的人民離開，看哪！明天我要使蝗蟲進入你的境界； 5 蝗蟲必遮蓋地面，甚至人不能看見地；蝗蟲必吃盡那避過災難餘剩的，那沒有受冰雹擊打，剩下留給你們的；牠們也必吃盡田間給你們生長起來的一切樹木。 6 蝗蟲必充滿了你的宮殿，你所有臣僕的房屋，和所有埃及人的房屋；這是你祖宗和你祖宗的祖宗自從在世以來，直到今日，所沒有見過的。’”摩西就轉身，離開法老出去了。 7 法老的臣僕對法老說：“這人成為我們的網羅要到幾時呢？讓這些人離開吧，使他們可以事奉耶和華他們的 神；埃及已經毀滅了，你還不知道嗎？” 8 於是，摩西和亞倫被召回來到法老那裡。法老對他們說：“你們去事奉耶和華你們的 神吧，但那些要去的是誰呢？” 9 摩西回答：“我們要和我們年少的與年老的同去，要和我們的兒女同去，也要和我們的羊群與牛群同去，因為我們必須向耶和華守節。” 10 法老對他們說：“我讓你們和你們的孩子離開的時候，願耶和華與你們同在；你們要謹慎，因為有禍患在你們面前。 11 不可以這樣，只有你們的男子可以去事奉耶和華，因為這原是你們要求的。”於是把他們從法老面前趕出去。
12 耶和華對摩西說：“你要向埃及地伸手，使蝗蟲上埃及地來，吃盡地上所有的蔬菜，就是受冰雹擊打後留下的。” 13 摩西就向埃及地伸杖，整整的一日一夜，耶和華把東風吹在地上；到了早晨，東風把蝗蟲吹來了。 14 蝗蟲上到埃及全地來，停留在埃及全境。牠們非常眾多，以前沒有像這樣多的蝗蟲，以後也沒有。 15 蝗蟲遮蓋了整個地面，以致大地都變黑了。牠們吃盡了地上一切蔬菜，和樹上所有的果子，就是受冰雹擊打後留下來的。這樣，在埃及全地，無論是樹木，或田間的蔬菜，連一點青的也沒有留下。 16 於是，法老急忙把摩西和亞倫召了來，說：“我得罪了耶和華你們的 神，也得罪了你們。 17 現在求你只這一次赦免我的罪，也請你們求告耶和華你們的 神，使這一次的死亡離開我。” 18 摩西就離開法老出來，祈求耶和華。 19 耶和華轉了非常強大的西風，把蝗蟲吹起來了，投進紅海裡；在埃及全境，連一隻蝗蟲也沒留下。 20 但是耶和華使法老的心剛硬，以致法老不肯讓以色列人離開。
黑暗之災
21 耶和華對摩西說：“你要向天舉手，使黑暗臨到埃及地，這黑暗是可以觸摸的。” 22 摩西向天伸手，幽暗就臨到埃及全地三天之久。 23 三天之內，人彼此不能看見，誰也不能起來離開自己的地方；但是在所有以色列人居住的地方都有亮光。 24 法老就把摩西召了來，說：“你們去事奉耶和華吧，你們的孩子也可以與你們同去；只是要把你們的羊群和牛群留下來。” 25 摩西回答：“你也要把獻祭用的祭物和燔祭交給我們，使我們可以獻給耶和華我們的 神。 26 我們的牲畜也要與我們同去，連一隻也不留下；因為我們要從牠們當中取出一些來事奉耶和華我們的 神；我們沒有到達之前，還不知道要用甚麼事奉耶和華。” 27 但耶和華使法老心裡剛硬，因此他不願意讓他們離開。 28 法老對摩西說：“你離開我去吧，你要小心，不要再見我的面；因為你再見我面的時候，你必定死。” 29 摩西回答：“你說對了，我不再見你的面了。”
Exodus 10
Good News Translation
Locusts
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go and see the king. I have made him and his officials stubborn, in order that I may perform these miracles among them 2 and in order that you may be able to tell your children and grandchildren how I made fools of the Egyptians when I performed the miracles. All of you will know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron went to the king and said to him, “The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘How much longer will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4 If you keep on refusing, then I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. 5 There will be so many that they will completely cover the ground. They will eat everything that the hail did not destroy, even the trees that are left. 6 They will fill your palaces and the houses of all your officials and all your people. They will be worse than anything your ancestors ever saw.’” Then Moses turned and left.
7 The king's officials said to him, “How long is this man going to give us trouble? Let the Israelite men go, so that they can worship the Lord their God. Don't you realize that Egypt is ruined?”
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to the king, and he said to them, “You may go and worship the Lord your God. But exactly who will go?”
9 Moses answered, “We will all go, including our children and our old people. We will take our sons and daughters, our sheep and goats, and our cattle, because we must hold a festival to honor the Lord.”
10 The king said, “I swear by the Lord that I will never let you take your women and children! It is clear that you are plotting to revolt. 11 No! Only the men may go and worship the Lord if that is what you want.” With that, Moses and Aaron were driven out of the king's presence.
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Raise your hand over the land of Egypt to bring the locusts. They will come and eat everything that grows, everything that has survived the hail.” 13 So Moses raised his stick, and the Lord caused a wind from the east to blow on the land all that day and all that night. By morning it had brought the locusts. 14 (A)They came in swarms and settled over the whole country. It was the largest swarm of locusts that had ever been seen or that ever would be seen again. 15 They covered the ground until it was black with them; they ate everything that the hail had left, including all the fruit on the trees. Not a green thing was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
16 Then the king hurriedly called Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive my sin this one time and pray to the Lord your God to take away this fatal punishment from me.” 18 Moses left the king and prayed to the Lord. 19 And the Lord changed the east wind into a very strong west wind, which picked up the locusts and blew them into the Gulf of Suez.[a] Not one locust was left in all of Egypt. 20 But the Lord made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israelites go.
Darkness
21 (B)The Lord then said to Moses, “Raise your hand toward the sky, and a darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt.” 22 (C)Moses raised his hand toward the sky, and there was total darkness throughout Egypt for three days. 23 The Egyptians could not see each other, and no one left his house during that time. But the Israelites had light where they were living.
24 The king called Moses and said, “You may go and worship the Lord; even your women and children may go with you. But your sheep, goats, and cattle must stay here.”
25 Moses answered, “Then you would have to provide us with animals for sacrifices and burnt offerings to offer to the Lord our God. 26 No, we will take our animals with us; not one will be left behind. We ourselves must select the animals with which to worship the Lord our God. And until we get there, we will not know what animals to sacrifice to him.”
27 The Lord made the king stubborn, and he would not let them go. 28 He said to Moses, “Get out of my sight! Don't let me ever see you again! On the day I do, you will die!”
29 “You are right,” Moses answered. “You will never see me again.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:19 See Red Sea in 13.18.
Exodus 10
New King James Version
The Eighth Plague: Locusts(A)
10 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh; (B)for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, (C)that I may show these signs of Mine before him, 2 and that (D)you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may (E)know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to (F)humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may (G)serve Me. 4 Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring (H)locusts into your territory. 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and (I)they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field. 6 They shall (J)fill your houses, the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians—which neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’ ” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
7 Then Pharaoh’s (K)servants said to him, “How long shall this man be (L)a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. Who are the ones that are going?”
9 And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for (M)we must hold a feast to the Lord.”
10 Then he said to them, “The Lord had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you. 11 Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven (N)out from Pharaoh’s presence.
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, (O)“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and (P)eat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And (Q)the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. They were very severe; (R)previously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them. 15 For they (S)covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they (T)ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called (U)for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, (V)“I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and (W)entreat[a] the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.” 18 So he (X)went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them (Y)into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt. 20 But the Lord (Z)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, (AA)“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, [b]darkness which may even be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was (AB)thick darkness in all the land of Egypt (AC)three days. 23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. (AD)But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 Then Pharaoh called to Moses and (AE)said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your (AF)little ones also go with you.”
25 But Moses said, “You must also give [c]us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our (AG)livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the Lord our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”
27 But the Lord (AH)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, (AI)“Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”
29 So Moses said, “You have spoken well. (AJ)I will never see your face again.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:17 make supplication to
- Exodus 10:21 Lit. that one may feel the darkness
- Exodus 10:25 Lit. into our hands
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